{"abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled \"Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products; Guidance for Industry.\" The guidance document provides sponsors of virus or bacteria-based gene therapy products (VBGT products) and oncolytic viruses or bacteria (oncolytic products) with recommendations on how to conduct shedding studies during preclinical and clinical development. 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Material data safety sheet – infectious agents re Draft Guidance for Industry: Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","document_id":"FDA-2014-D-0852-0007"},{"title":"Reference 3 - Schenk-Braat et al., An inventory of shedding data from clinical gene therapy trials re Draft Guidance for Industry: Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","document_id":"FDA-2014-D-0852-0006"},{"title":"Reference 2 - Simon et al., Viral infections in paediatric patients receiving conventional cancer chemotherapy re Draft Guidance for Industry: Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","document_id":"FDA-2014-D-0852-0005"},{"title":"Reference 1 - ICH Considerations: General principles to address virus and vector shedding re Draft Guidance for Industry: Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","document_id":"FDA-2014-D-0852-0004"},{"title":"List of References re Draft Guidance for Industry: Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","document_id":"FDA-2014-D-0852-0003"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FDA-2014-D-0852","supporting_documents_count":6,"docket_id":"FDA-2014-D-0852","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2015-09-16T06:00:14Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":52047,"subtype":null,"title":"Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products; Guidance for Industry; Availability","toc_doc":"Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products","toc_subject":"Guidance:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":80}